1:30-1:55pm – Session 2 (1/2 block sessions, please pay attention… this is a 30 minute block not a full hour block. Some people only need 30 minutes for stuff. If you need more than 30 minutes, do not use this time block for your session – smile)

Seed Session C – Issue Based Forum: “Environmental Justice for Cancer Alley.” Led by Robert Taylor with Concerned Citizens of St. John The Baptist Parish.

Seed Session D – Issue Based Forum: “Move the Mindset and Take ‘Em Down Caddo – Against the Glorification of the Confederation.” Led by Greg Davis.

12:00-1:15pm – LUNCH PANEL DISCUSSION: “Bursting the Bubble: Getting Outside Our Political Comfort Zones” Description: Because everybody likes to think their ideology is the isht, it’s time for us to have a “come to Jesus” meeting of the minds.

Moderator: Alicia Cooke, Activist Extraordinaire

Panelists:

Kim Ford, Community Organizer Extraordinaire

Larry Richard, Iberia Parish President

Bambi Polotzola with Louisiana Federation of Democratic Women

Leslie Bourque with Lady Dems of Acadiana

Kristie Bardell with Louisiana Public Health Institute

1:30-1:55pm – Session 2 (1/2 block sessions, please pay attention… this is a 30 minute block, not a full hour block. Some people only need 30 minutes for stuff – smile)

Everyone is encouraged to come prepared to post a session on “The Wall.” Those who aren’t presenting are free to move to any session, and are encouraged to move around if they’d like during sessions (because sometimes more than one awesome thing is happening at the same time). The principle is to vote with your feet!

First, about Seed Sessions: Seed sessions are pre-planned by the event organizers – think of them by their name “seed” sessions. The event organizer is planting a few seed sessions, and the nourishment your energy brings to the event makes the roots grow for the remaining sessions.

So, how do the remaining sessions get created? Read more below:

Creating Sessions

As a participant, you have great experiences to share – Standing up for Your Children’s Rights at School; Using Votebuilder to target constituents; Fighting Against Police Brutality; Messaging and Communications; Building an Activist Base; Organizing Your Neighborhood – etc. Others need your knowledge and you also need their knowledge.

So, ask yourself:

“What skills should I share?”

“How do I do/ build/ create…?”

“What experiences have I had that others may have had and want to discuss and learn from?”

“What issue do I work with or group am I a part of that needs to caucus? Youth? Asian? Clean Energy? Housing? African-American?”

“How can it fit into the agenda?”

“How did that campaign work? How do we do it again (or never again)?

I have an idea about…

Let’s chat about…

After you think about it, and maybe think about it some more, come to RootsCampLA and do these three simple steps:

Step 1:

Gather together.

Step 2:

Build “The Wall” by putting your idea, workshop, or discussion in one of the time and space slots.

Step 3:

Break out! Pick your first workshop — or go to the room assigned for the session you are facilitating — and let the conversation begin.

One more wall shot!

Yes. It’s that simple.

Never experienced anything quite like it? That’s why you don’t want to miss it 🙂

A special Louisiana thank you to Massachusetts’ RootsCamp for some of the illustrations on “How Sessions Work”